Junk Food: Should the Government Regulate Our Intake? Creating a healthier living environment may be able reduce obesity and other things that may occur from drinking sugary drinks. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York City decided in 2012 that he wanted to restrict the amount of purchases on sugary drinks. His idea was to limit the product to being no more than 16 ounces sold at places other than grocery or convenient stores. This ban was scheduled to go in effect in 2013. Could it really make
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What happened to school food? I use to be excited for what was for lunch but now I just hope it is something edible. Since I started high school the quality of our lunches has been on the decline. With Michelle Obama’s National School Lunch Program now requiring less than 300 calories per meal the school is losing money from students not eating and the students are losing fuel that their bodies need to survive. Park Hill South should drop the National School Lunch Program and this is why. My
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opinion genetically modified foods are strictly bad can be observed in our society with the movement to mainly eat organic produce and steroid free meat products from animals who were fed non-GMO feed. This way of shopping and consciously choosing alternative organic options is an ideal concept for many Americans who are concerned about the health of themselves and their families. There is great debate that has been brewing for the last decade about genetically modified foods and if they deserve to share
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The food served at most public schools is unhealthy. There is no possible truth than that. School food is made to be served as quickly and as cheaply as possible to all the kids in that school. Meals that are served in this way are bound to be unhealthy‚ as can be ascertained from pizzas with enough grease to fill a pint of milk‚ not to mention the unhealthy choices of milk pints. All of the schools that serve their food this way should know that they need to rework their lunches to make them healthier
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Many schools in America have banned books in their libraries for the content in certain books. the name behind this idea is called censorship. Books are censord because people feel like it will protect children from certain ideas‚ improve society‚ and keeping moral values. Main reason books are censored are for religion‚ sex‚ drugs‚ abuse‚ social issues‚ and more. Censorship on books has been a controversal topic for many years. Censorship in schools should not be allowed because it infringes on
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satisfied with the food provided at your school canteen and would like to convince your principal or the school management to change the vendors or the food sold at the canteen. Imagine that you have been granted an interview with the principal. Prepare a speech to express your opinions to the principal. SPEECH: Introduction: Good morning principal. Today‚ I would like to raise an issue on the food in our school’s canteen. I have been in this school for 6 years and the food was delicious‚ however
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I believe that fast foods are not healthy for people. For starters do you know how much grease just one burger or plate has‚ the people today would not even believe. I could tell you that most people today eat at a fast food restaurants more than once a day. The stuff they put into these supposedly delicious foods are very reflecting to the hearts of these people in ages 40-50. It is also affecting young ones; fast foods are most times the cause of overweight kids. It is shocking how many people
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The Arguments for and against using genetically modified organisms in food production "Biotechnology involves any technique that uses living organisms or parts there of to make or modify products‚ to improve plants or animals or to develop micro organisms for specific uses" (Dr Sriwatanapongse‚ www.afic.org) In the past century we’ve have been lucky enough to stumble upon one of the basic building blocks of organisms‚ DNA. In recent years scientists have been able to develop ways in which
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government did not condone (Haiman). Although censorship began in Ancient Athens‚ it still exist today‚ partially in schools. Students have First Amendment Rights in public schools‚ but those rights are limited. There are many reasons for and against censorship. Advocates for censorship censor text especially school text or books‚ often because school officials are trying to keep students from developing “Subverse values” (Haiman). In other words they are afraid the ideas in the book will make students
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at Delphos Jefferson Senior High School‚ and we recently read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser in our senior English class. It is a nonfiction novel that discusses the dark side of American fast food. As we’ve been reading‚ I’ve realized that a large amount of students at Jefferson Senior High drink soda purchased at school-offered vending machines. While these students are young adults and can make their own health related decisions‚ our responsibility as a school is to ensure that students receive
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